One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.